Hi Tricia!: Sep 18, 2005

How Many Hawaiian Shirts at a Hawaiian Wedding?

How Many Hawaiian Shirts at a Hawaiian Wedding?
Originally uploaded by triciawang.

Within this frame I count 7 Hawaiian Shirts.
I think I am reallllllly bored!!! We've prayed 10 times to the Lord already! Catholics make you work for your marriage. They are now signing the marriage contract. I didn't know there was such thing. Do Protestants or Baptists have one?
Grenetta's wedding is still my favorite. A simple broom jumping ceremony and they were done!

Catholic Flashbacks and Musings

Catholic Flashbacks
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Being in an Catholic church brings back
many repressed memories from childhood.

1.) I forgot how much standing Catholic sermons require
2.) as I reflect back on my Catholic days, I now think my ADD ( Attention Dynamic Discipline) prevented me from being a good Catholic. I could never stand or sit still, and I still can't!
3.) if I had a cellphone I might have made it as a Catholic. The cellphone could just have prevented my switch to practicing Wicca. with a cell phone that can take pictures, my ADD is under control as I sit here Text Messaging during the sermon.
4.) I used to be an altar girl. My dream was to become a priest. Then I found out women couldn't become priests. The no-sex policy didn't deter me b.c I was 13. I always thought priests had so much power b.c they could make people sit and stand whenever and for however long they wanted. And plus a priest gets to hear all the juicy confessions.
5.) during my Euchriast when I was 12, everyone was supposed to pick their saint for the final ceremony. Getting your Euchrism is a big deal! It's what every good Catholic works toward and it's the beginning of life long communion with God.
There are unspoken gender rules for picking your saint: boys chose boy saints, girls chose girl saints. The girl saints were boring, so I chose John the Baptist. JB had power! He baptised Jesus for Christ's sake! He dipped people under water - and plus everybody loves JB - the's the least controversial of all the saints. So of course a little 13 wannabe priest juggernaut like me chose JB! My sunday school teacher wasn't very happy. I stood my ground - and I got my Eucherism. 1 year later I was kicked out of that church - and I became a Protestant - they were much more accepting.
6.) So far, 6 cellphones have gone off! Each with a diff tune. Church is fun with cells! We didn't have cells back when I when I was Catholic

Pomps and Circusstances

Pomps and Circusstances
Originally uploaded by triciawang.

I always forget how much an industry Weddings are. See the videographer on stage? there are 3 floor photographers.

The priest started out saying, "with all the various divergent values, morals, and sexualities in the day in age, we have a couple here today who has not strayed...."
oh lords have I strayed!

Wedding in Hawaii-Fiasco!

Wedding in Hawaii-Fiasco!
Originally uploaded by triciawang.

I accompanied my grandmother to her cousin's daughter's wedding. We are there as guests. I have never met any of these relatives before. The bride has a wedding coordinator, 3 bridesmaids, 1 set of very salubrious parents-who she still lives with (she's 46 yrs old) .

So here's the list of things I have been asked to do so far:
1.) cut her arm-pit hair (i said no to this one)
2.) make seating arrangements for 21 tables, 150 guests.
3.) create Excel spreadsheet of table check in, manually sort data
4.) be her make-up assistant from 9am to 11pm.
5.) seat table guests for 6pm dinner
6.) get bride into dress and button 60 buttons.
7.) take care of wedding workers between 10am and 2pm
8.) answer her cellphone all day
9.) drive people to church
10.) take care of food deliveries
11.) clean up after make-up artists
12.) be available at anytime

This is what I have seen so far:
1.) bride yelling at me for not cutting her arm-pit hair (she's 46 yrs old and still has very hairy armpits and did not do a clean shave the first time - come on!)
2.) father can't find bowtie for photography shoot at 12:30pm, everyone has a makeup melt down, makes the tuxedo company drive overto deliver the emergency bowtie
3.) mother screaming at my grandmother for not being more helpful (my grandmother just had foot surgery, her foot is swollen)
4.) bride's parents calling each other stupid in front of me
5.) daughter yells at her mother for not paying enough attention to her